Words to Number
Turn number words into digits instantly.
How to use
- 1 Type or paste a number written in English words.
- 2 Read the digits and the grouped (comma-separated) form below.
- 3 Use "negative"/"minus" for signed numbers and "point" for decimals.
- 4 Copy the resulting number with one click.
About Words to Number
Words to Number is the inverse of spelling a number out: type a number written in English words and it gives you the digits. "Two hundred and five" becomes 205, "one thousand two hundred thirty-four" becomes 1234, and "negative forty-two point five" becomes -42.5.
It is handy for transcribing cheques, cleaning up dictated or OCR'd text, parsing spoken amounts, or just settling how a long number written in words actually reads.
The parser understands cardinals from zero up into the trillions, the connecting word "and", hyphenated tens such as "twenty-one", the scale words hundred, thousand, million, billion and trillion, and a "point" decimal tail where each following word is a single spoken digit ("three point one four" → 3.14).
It also accepts a leading "negative" or "minus" for signed values, and it is fully case-insensitive, so capitalisation never matters.
When it meets a word it cannot place it tells you exactly which one, rather than guessing.
The conversion happens live as you type and runs entirely in your browser.
Nothing you enter is uploaded, logged or stored, so it is private by default and keeps working offline once the page has loaded.
FAQ
How large a number can it parse?
Up into the trillions. It supports the scale words hundred, thousand, million, billion and trillion combined with the usual ones and tens.
How do I write decimals?
Use the word "point" followed by single digit words, e.g. "three point one four" gives 3.14. Each word after "point" must be a digit from zero to nine.
What happens with an unknown word?
The tool stops and tells you exactly which word it did not recognise, so you can fix a typo instead of getting a silently wrong answer.